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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rave</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="ratio-site.html" title="ratio site"/><link rel="next" href="rave-on-.html" title="rave on!"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rave</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ratio-site.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rave-on-.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rave"/><dt xmlns="" id="rave"><b>rave</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [WPI] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To speak authoritatively on a subject about which one knows very
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little. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. To complain to a person who is not in a position to correct the
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difficulty. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. To purposely annoy another person verbally. </p></dd><dd><p> 5. To evangelize. See <a href="../F/flame.html"><i class="glossterm">flame</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 6. Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such as
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friendly bullshitting. ‘Rave’ differs slightly from
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<a href="../F/flame.html"><i class="glossterm">flame</i></a> in that <span class="firstterm">rave</span> implies that it is the persistence or
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obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, while
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<a href="../F/flame.html"><i class="glossterm">flame</i></a> implies somewhat more strongly that the tone
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or content is offensive as well.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ratio-site.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rave-on-.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ratio site </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> rave on!</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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